Deportivo A Coruña 4-5 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2012

Result

Deportivo A Coruña 4-5 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-4

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Deportivo A Coruña 4-5 FC Barcelona: match report

Deportivo A Coruña were beaten by FC Barcelona 4-5 in La Liga on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 2-4 at half-time.

Jordi Alba opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Deportivo A Coruña's goals came from Pizzi (26', penalty), Álex Bergantiños (37'), Pizzi (47') and an own goal by Jordi Alba (79'). FC Barcelona scored through Jordi Alba (3'), Tello (8'), Lionel Messi (18'), Lionel Messi (43') and Lionel Messi (77').

Discipline: Deportivo A Coruña received 5 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Deportivo A Coruña were 18th on 6 points from 7 and FC Barcelona 1st on 19 points from 7. Deportivo A Coruña went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 102.

Deportivo A Coruña lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Deportivo A Coruña win, 3 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · TelloFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 18'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-3
  • 21'Yellow card · Javier MascheranoFC Barcelona
  • 21'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasFC Barcelona
  • 26'Penalty goal · PizziDeportivo A Coruña · 1-3
  • 37'Goal · Álex BergantiñosDeportivo A Coruña · 2-3
  • 39'Yellow card · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona
  • 40'Yellow card · Álex BergantiñosDeportivo A Coruña
  • 43'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-4
  • 47'Goal · PizziDeportivo A Coruña · 3-4
  • 49'Second yellow · Javier MascheranoFC Barcelona
  • 52'Yellow card · AyozeDeportivo A Coruña
  • 56'Yellow card · Juan Carlos ValerónDeportivo A Coruña
  • 57'Yellow card · ValerónDeportivo A Coruña
  • 60'Yellow card · Drazenko PrskaloDeportivo A Coruña
  • 77'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-5
  • 78'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasFC Barcelona
  • 79'Own goal · Jordi AlbaDeportivo A Coruña · 4-5
  • 85'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Deportivo A Coruña 1, draws 3, FC Barcelona 6.

Team news

Deportivo A Coruña expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aranzubia, Evaldo, Manuel Pablo, Bruno Gama, Pizzi, Marchena, Juan Domínguez, Abel Aguilar, Riki

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Martín Montoya, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Alex Song, David Villa, Lionel Messi, Cristian Tello, Víctor Valdés